Kathmandu, May 21
The Selection and Recommendation Committee has begun studying the applications of a total of 218 candidates for the vacant Vice Chancellor positions of eight different universities.
The Selection and Recommendation Committee at the Ministry of Education and Sports had, on May 8, called for applications within 10 days for the post of Vice Chancellor. According to the notice, the highest number of applicants, 50 people, have applied for the Vice Chancellor position at Tribhuvan University.
The ministry has stated that 38 applicants each have applied for the Vice Chancellor of Purbanchal University and Pokhara University, 19 for the Far-Western University, 20 for Mid-West University, 11 for Lumbini Buddhist University, 15 for Agriculture and Forestry University, and 27 for Rajarshi Janak University.
The Selection and Recommendation Committee has begun scrutinising the applicants’ documents and is preparing to initiate the selection process by publishing the list of approved candidates. The Committee comprises Education Minister Sasmit Pokharel, Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Sports Chudamani Paudel, and relevant experts for the concerned universities.
